A lot of ink has been spilled in the past week about changes in the party platform related to social issues, along with discussions about how the GOP under Donald Trump has modified positions like trade and entitlements. But too little has been said about the policy program the president has the most control over-functionally more than the Constitution permits-and the decisions that'll be life or death for Americans in uniform.
The 2016 platform reads like a warmed-over Weekly Standard editorial circa 2002, with the same apologia for the crimes of the Bush administration and the wayward wishful thinking that has defined our post-Cold War policymakers. In sharp contrast, the new 2024 platform, with MAGA gusto, promises to use that great [military] strength sparingly, and only in clear instances where our National Interests are threatened...
Furthermore, it acknowledges the wisdom that 'War breeds inflation,' and that the goal of a second Trump term is to 'PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST....'
Traditionally, a national party platform is more than the president's personal pitch to voters; it is meant to be a detailed document that local and state candidates can utilize to guide campaigns.
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